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Re: [Qemu-block] [PATCH for-3.1 v10 00/31] block: Fix some filename gene


From: Max Reitz
Subject: Re: [Qemu-block] [PATCH for-3.1 v10 00/31] block: Fix some filename generation issues
Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2018 18:51:08 +0200
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On 10.09.18 17:18, Kevin Wolf wrote:
> Am 09.08.2018 um 23:34 hat Max Reitz geschrieben:
>> Once more, I’ll spare both me and you another iteration of the cover
>> letter, so see here:
>>
>> http://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/qemu-block/2017-09/msg01030.html
>>
>> (Although this series no longer includes a @base-directory option.)
>>
>> In regards to the last version, the biggest change is that I dropped
>> backing_overridden and instead try to compare the filename from the
>> image header with the filename of the actual backing BDS to find out
>> whether the backing file has been overridden.
>>
>> In order that this doesn’t break whenever the header contains a slightly
>> unusual (“non-canonical”) backing filename (e.g. “file:foo.qcow2” or
>> “nbd:localhost:10809” instead of “nbd://localhost:10809”, i.e. something
>> different from what bdrv_refresh_filename() would generate), when the
>> reference filename in the BDS (auto_backing_file) is used to open the
>> backing file, it is updated from the backing BDS's resulting filename.
> 
> This doesn't seem to apply cleanly any more.

I know, but is that a "Please send your current v11 to the list"?

Max

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